Leak outlines PS3 Motion Controller launch, much more

The plumbers are on vacation at Sega, and some pipes are a leakin' this morning. A document that details minutes of a meeting between SCEA and Sega on August 5 has trickled onto the Web and among other gems is a release date for the PlayStation 3 Motion Control.

According to the leak, Sony will launch its PS3 motion-sensing controllers in Japan during March of next year, and other regions in spring. There are no pricing or bundle details provided in the document, but Sony expects to ship four to five million units worldwide.

In addition, Sony is looking to sell all PlayStation 2 titles on PSN, and the leak mentions a new "Japanese Import" section, which would sell Japan-only games for $9.99 to $39.99. Dreamcast games may also be coming to PSN. There are plenty of other nuggets revealed, and you can read the entire leak after the jump.

SCEA Meeting Aug 5th Notes

SCEA reiterated plans to sell 13 million PS3s this year

Big announcement back half of year they can't talk about (potentially price cut of PS3 to reach hardware goals)

SCEA commented on indexing between PS3 and 360 SKUs, should be around 2:1 to garner most favorable treatment.

Motion Controller

Spring 2010 launch (March in JP)

No bundle/pricing details yet, should come Sept 1

Plan on selling 4-5MM units WW

SCEA agreed to provide a list of Sega IP that would work well with the motion controller, Virtua Tennis was an example

Motion Controller support allows easy way to differentiate PS3 SKU

Other differentiation opportunities include PSP/PS3 interoperability - think of features that would make users want to buy both PS3 and PSP SKUs.